Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance

Malik Jackson South Side Weekly
A new collection explores the early twentieth-century artists and institutions that made the Black Chicago Renaissance possible.

Moments of Rupture: The 1930s and the Great Depression

Michael Goldfield and Cody R. Melcher Organizing Upgrade
Occasionally, in politics and social-economic struggles, there occur "moments of rupture," periods of dizzying and dramatic change when hosts of opportunities present themselves and existing arrangements of power are radically altered.

Bringing the Supply Chain Back Home

Robert Kuttner The New York Review of Books
Is Biden ready to insist that national economic planning is not just ideologically permissible but urgently necessary?

Sudanese Women on the Front Lines of the Resistance

Hala Al Karib Africa is a Country
Sudanese women took part in the revolution in large numbers for the same reasons they are now part of the resistance against this treacherous coup: Their human rights are at stake.

Abiyoyo

With Pete and children, it was always one young soul to another ... decade after decade. In this song, one young hero helps to defeat a giant that threatens the whole village. More Pete Seeger tribute here.

We Shall Overcome

Pete sings We Shall Overcome, in its powerful civil rights version. Here Pete talks with Tim Robbins on Pacifica Radio about the history of We Shall Overcome. More Pete Seeger tribute here.
 

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy

After years of being blacklisted, Pete appeared on the Smothers Brothers Show in 1967 with this challenge to the madness of the Vietnam War. More Pete Seeger tribute here.